hired faculty in underrepresented
groups) don’t tell the whole story
in qualitative situations like the
hate-speech campus-radio broadcast
incident in March. After announcing
the situation and hearing reactions
from the student body, President
Bravman found the students in
question culpable and expelled them.
One wonders what effect this action
may have on the willingness of students
to freely express themselves about
changes in campus culture, even with
speech not overtly discriminatory.

It’s encouraging to hear that the
University plans to move past this
incident and address the broader
issue of discrimination/prejudice on
campus. When I was an undergraduate,
I thought that psych majors were
weird (too introspective) because their
behavior was outside my experience.
In social-work graduate school, a
German-American professor who was
discriminated against around World
War I introduced us to a book, The
Nature of Prejudice. Its thesis goes
beyond the dictionary definition
of prejudice and defines it as the act
of using expedient mental shorthand
rather than doing the work of
individualizing the other person.

Becoming personally more inclusive
means walking in someone else’s shoes,
at least for a while. One way to involve
students in nondiscrimination efforts
would be through small-group discussions
led by qualified facilitators, with a
suggested focus on the inner-city
minority experience in a white-majority
educational setting. The goal would be
a better appreciation of diverse viewpoints. Student-body leaders could be
helpful in implementing this. An open
sharing of diverse viewpoints on this
issue would be a valid and relevant
learning experience for students.

Richard Walthart ’55
San Jose, Calif.

REMEMBERING DR. RAY

When I learned of the passing ofProfessor David Ray, mathematics, inMarch, I was reminded of the famousquotation from Henry Brooks Adams:“A teacher affects eternity; he cannever tell where his influence stops.”I had the pleasure of taking severalof Dr. Ray’s classes when I was doingmy graduate work in mathematics atBucknell. There have been few peoplein my life who have influenced me asmuch as he did. In fact, my experiencewith Dr. Ray was one of the primaryreasons that I decided to pursue acareer in education, and that decisionbecame the best career choice ofmy life.

Robert Hogue M’70
Apollo Beach, Fla.

ODE TO A JAZZ MAN

I, as well as hundreds of other Delta
Upsilon fraternity brothers at Bucknell
University, love music, but Bruce
Lundvall ’57, P’87, who died May 19,
made it his life. What an amazing
obsession. What a great man.

Bruce was unique in his laser focus
on America’s only original art form,
jazz. He was committed to music,
especially jazz, and to those people
who were also committed to it. Other
than DU, I believe that this is what
kept us tight over the years. Bruce was
one of a kind. I know you’ve heard that
about so many other people, but Bruce
truly was! I know we are all better off
because he spent his time making sure
jazz didn’t die in America. Because jazz
has more followers in other nations
than it does in the U.S., he worked
tirelessly, diligently and so effectively
for decades to preserve, promote and
foster the enjoyment of this amazing
art form.

Richard Boddie ’61

Huntington Beach, Calif.

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